Word: indirectness
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...We’re a group of concerned citizens who have written letters to Congress, taken every form of indirect action,” she said. “We think it’s time for some direct action...
...suspect that the classroom will be with us longer than some of us have suggested,” he said. “It is less easy for remote, indirect experience to replace the communal experience than we suppose...
...policy changes. Their decisions demonstrate a thoughtful commitment to applicants, especially considering that the new policy may, in the short-term, hurt Yale and Stanford by causing them to lose students whom they accepted early, either to Harvard or other colleges which offer better financial aid packages. As an indirect result, ending Early Decision could lower both colleges’ rankings in comparisons that use yield—the percentage of accepted students who actually matriculate—as a criterion...
...article also noted that, since blacks are three times as likely as whites to come from families living below the poverty level, data on Pell Grant recipients provides indirect information about the number of black students at a given school...
Galluccio suggested police take a similarly indirect approach to reducing minor crimes such as pan-handling and public intoxication. He advocated adopting tactics used by the New York Police Department, which targets pan-handlers and public drunkards for offenses such as jay-walking and obstructing public walkways...